What We Loved

Costa Rica was never a question for us, we have wanted to visit for years. That being said, we also did not want to have the same Costa Rican experience that all of our friends and family have had. That is why overlanding just made sense to us. We loved the freedom of it all; every day and every night was a different experience. There is no feeling like waking up in the morning on a beautiful beach, at the base of a volcano or high in the jungle. We loved everything about our experience, and Costa Rica was the perfect country for it. Central Americans are some of our favorite people in the world, and the Costa Rican people were definitely no exception. The friendliness and hospitality is something that we can’t even explain. The one thing we always say about our experience in Costa Rica is that luck was on our side from start to finish, but some of the “luck” we had was really just Costa Ricans being true to their “Pura Vida” lifestyle. Whether we were lost in the jungle at night or just having a beer at a beach bar, things just worked out for us. A young man saw us stopped in the jungle and offered us a spot to camp and the owner of the bar offered to let us stay on the beach at his place; it was just perfect. What did we love about Costa Rica? Everything. We have had some amazing adventures and been to some awesome places, but Costa Rica changed us. It made us look at traveling differently and gave us some really exciting ideas for our future. We definitely had some stressful moments on this trip, along with some downright terrifying ones, but we came home from Costa Rica completely relaxed and we absolutely can’t wait to get back and explore the rest of this amazing country.